Amal Kiran's Correspondence with The Mother

15 March 1966

Dearest Mother,

The “Words of the Mother” you have permitted me to use for the March Mother India are:

Ça ne fait rien! Les difficulties sont là pour le plaisir de les surmonter.

Va de l’avant, garde confiance et tout ira bien.

Is the following English translation all right?

That does not matter! The difficulties are there for the pleasure of surmounting them.

Go forward, keep confidence and all will be well.

All right.

Now about those pictures of D. I believe he hopes that if any is approved I may use it for Mother India. Even otherwise he would like to know whether any is really good. I am told you kept quite silent about this. It’s the second time you have done so. Rather a choking affair for poor D. I am sure he would welcome even a damning judgment, for then he would know he has to improve. So will you please say something?

I kept silent because he is copying Janina without having either her inspiration or her talent. Why are you forcing me to speak?

15 March 1966